Hegemonic narratives have been dominated by the point of view of the West, or “north”. Teresita Goyeneche talks to two Nobel laureates, a thinker and a writer and cultural manager about what this means and, more importantly, about what they have in common in their outstanding bodies of work, given that all four come from the global south. With Djamila Ribeiro (Brazil), Wole Soyinka (Nigeria) and Velia Vidal (Colombia).